different between ribbon vs bowtie

English

Etymology

From Middle English riban, ryban, ryband, from Old French riban, ruban ( > modern French ruban), of uncertain origin. Likely from a Germanic compound whose second element is cognate with English band. Compare Middle Dutch ringhband (“necklace”, literally “ring-band”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???b?n/
• Rhymes: -?b?n

Noun

ribbon (countable and uncountable, plural ribbons)

1. A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.
2. An awareness ribbon.
3. An inked strip of material against which type is pressed to print letters in a typewriter or printer.
4. A narrow strip or shred.

   a steel or magnesium ribbon

   sails torn to ribbons

   1. (cooking) In ice cream and similar confections, an ingredient (often chocolate, butterscotch, caramel, or fudge) added in a long narrow strip.
5. (shipbuilding) Alternative form of ribband
6. (nautical) A painted moulding on the side of a ship.
7. A watchspring.
8. A bandsaw.
9. (slang, dated, in the plural) Reins for a horse.
   • 1887, James Inglis, Our New Zealand Cousins

     "Here, sir, hold the ribbons." This to me, throwing me the reins. Jack got down from his perch, and after a little search in the bush was rewarded by the capture of the poor dazed pigeon, who was consigned to safe custody in the boot.

10. (heraldry) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
11. (spinning) A sliver.
12. (journalism) A subheadline presented above its parent headline.
13. (computing, graphical user interface) A toolbar that incorporates tabs and menus.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??? (ribon)
• ? Korean: ?? (ribon)

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See also

• riband

Verb

ribbon (third-person singular simple present ribbons, present participle ribboning, simple past and past participle ribboned)

1. (transitive) To decorate with ribbon.

   Synonym: beribbon

2. (transitive) To stripe or streak.

Anagrams

• Robbin, robbin

English

Alternative forms

• bow tie

Etymology

bow +? tie

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /bo??ta?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /b???ta?/

Noun

bowtie (plural bowties)

1. A man's necktie tied in a bow around the throat.
2. (US) A kind of road intersection. See Bowtie (road).

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Further reading

• bowtie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Adjective

bowtie (not comparable)

1. Having the shape that the displayed part of a bowtie does when the latter is tied.

   The corkscrew pasta holds the cheese sauce better, but all I had in the cupboard was bowtie pasta.

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